Universität Wien - Fakultät für Mathematik
Summer Semester 2025
Information on the
Seminar on Calculus of Variations (VSM)
510003-1 SE, SPL Mathematik
2 weekly hours, 4.0 ECTS.
Organizer
Ulisse Stefanelli
e-mail: ulisse.stefanelli@univie.ac.at
webpage: http://www.mat.univie.ac.at/~stefanelli
When and where
Wednesdays, 12:30-14:00, BZ09, 9th floor, Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1.
The seminar meets in person. No zoom attendence is planned. Participation
is rewarded by coffee (bring your cup).
What
This is the weekly scientific-discussion meeting of the research group
on 'Applied Maths and Modeling', as well as of other members of
the Viennese Calculus of Variations community.
The seminar will offer the opportunity of getting in touch with
classical themes and recent developments in the Calculus of
Variations.
All participants are welcome to contribute by
presenting a topic and by taking part in informal
discussions.
Occasionally, scientific guests will also be invited to
present.
Each student participant will be required to participate to most
weekly meetings and to deliver a very well-prepared presentation (25-35 min.) on a preassigned topic.
The seminar is held in English.
The Schedule
The schedule and the contents of the seminar is
flexible and constantly updated:
- March 5: First organizational meeting.
- March 19: Ulisse Stefanelli (univie): Basic recap on Calc. Var.
- March 26: Nicolai Jork (Tübingen).
- April 2: tba.
- April 9: tba.
- April 16: tba.
- April 23: tba.
- April 30: Manuel Friedrich (Erlangen).
- May 14: tba.
- May 21: tba.
- May 28: tba.
- June 11: students' seminars (2 slots);
- June 18: students' seminars (2 slots);
- June 25:
There will be no mantained moodle-page for this seminar. All relevant
info will be published here.